Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-07
TACTICS OF B0ODLERY.
INDICATIONS OF JURY MANIPULATION
IN THE SHARP CASE.

Jurors To BE Easy on the Old Man
Distinguished TaIesmen Brought to Book
Attempt to Put Sharp in Jail-Testi-
mony in the Chicago Case.
NEW York, June THE novelty of the
proceedings in the Jacob Sharp bribery trial
Monday drew an unprecedented crowd to the
oyer and terminer court Inside the bar
were many members of the legal profession,
who took great interest in the management of
the unusual features of the case. The first
part of the day was occupied in examining sew
eral men who had temporarily occupied seats
IN the iury-box and had been excused, and
others who had been called as talesmen but
not accepted as jurors, all of whom testified
| to having received hints from acquaintance
| aud others that seemed sufficient to Judge
| Barrett 20 warrant him in ordering the ar
rest of the parties so approaching them.
The first witness examined was Juror Hud-
| son, who said an acquaintance named Hoag-
land, last Thursday afternoon, met him and
| after few words regarding his jnry duty,
| said: Don't be hard on the old man" Hoag-
land is secretary of the West Side bank, and
Hudson's reputation is such as to preclude the
| tHf,iblIitN VI Ills DtiilS
| pei said
| Two men called on me on the 18th Of May and
| told me that | would be the Sharp Jury, and
that it would ne worth S25 900 to me They also
said that if | became foreman would ever after
| have nothing else to do but to smoke my cigars.
George H. Sutton said:
A Mr.. Warner, social acquaintance, came
into my place last Thursday and asked me if
wanted to get of the jury. said did, Then he
said: Il suppose YOU are for the prosecution
Afterward he said: Cant you favor the de
fense?' This followed by a remark about
my being exccsed the next day. I was challenged
| by the defense on the following day
Judge Barrett ordered warrant TO be is
sued for Warmers arrest
| Louis H Raymond, boat builder, testified
that George H. Lynch, secretary of the Chris
topher & West Tenth Street railway met him
on the street shortly after Robert W Smith
was summoned as u juror, and Lynch called
ON him and told him that a man living in his
| locality had been drawn as a Juror in the
Sharp trial, and that he Lynch wished the
witness TO see this man and induce him to be
lenient on Sharp, and that he lwitneSl would
be paid well
Judge Barrett ordered that a warrant be
| issued on Raymonds affidavit for Lynch's
arrest Judge Barrett also ordered the arrest
of the young man Hosgland. Hoacland and
| Warren will he arrested on the charge Of en-
bracery, while that against Lynch is that of
attempted elnbracery and their eases Will be
brought before the grand jury This ended
the investigation for the present.
The names of 6lS citizens who had failel
to answer summons to do jury duty during
the case were then called. Judge Barrett
had previously announced that he would fine
every delinquent 500 unless he had a good
explanation of his conduct. The prospect of
the court funds being increased by sol $40
was dispelled however, as one delinquent
after another answered promptly to his name
and presented excuses which in most cases
were accepted by the court Among those
who failed to answer were Tony Pastor.
Louis L. Iorillafd, H. Nick Twomblv and
Richard X Fox Mr.. Fox, however, came
into court later and escaped a fine. During
all these proceedings the eleven jurors &C.
cepted in the Citse 81 far were locked up II
another room so that they could not hear
what was going on The examination Of
talesueu was finally resumed and occupied
the rest of the day, there still being one va
cant seat III the jury box when court I'D
iourned-
Just before adjournment District Attor
psY MARITIME moved for the commitment o.
Jacob Sharp to prison. Mr.. Stickney. O
counsel for Mr. Sharp, argued that sucl
action would prejudice the jury against tn,
defendant He also objected on the grounC
Of the age and illness OF Mr. Sharp, also tina
Ro reasonable ground existed for such "A So
we're measure. : Judge Barrett decided that h
would not rule upon the district attorney
motion until the warrants Issued for the ar
rest Of the alleged embraceTs are returned ant
the extent OF their connection with the de
tense, II any. ascertained